New Discoveries In A Pool Of Starlight

So many new discoveries had been coming from the Eerie Caves recently that Vespera was excited to spend more time there. This time, as River departed with a pouch in her claw to go on another Gathering expedition, Vespera accompanied Ripple to look for a good fishing spot.

The Quenaris was at home in the dim cavern's tunnels, its sinuous body making it easy to navigate the twists and turns. Vespera, in turn, benefited from the warm glow of Ripple's Netherflame adornments, making it easier to see where she was going.

Together, they arrived at the hidden pools deep within the Eerie Caves. The water's surface reflected the shine of nearby glowing crystals and plants, mirror-like.

"Shall we try our luck here?" Vespera looked up at Ripple. The Quenaris snorted and tossed its head, looking along the shore.

"Maybe a little further along, then," Vespera agreed, walking side-by-side with Ripple around the pool's edge.

Before long, they had left the area illuminated by overhead crystals and entered an unusually dark corner of the cavern. But then a new sparkle of light caught Vespera's eye...

There was light coming from the water itself! The dark waters below were speckled and traced with gleams of light. Ripple gently touched its nose to the water's surface, then looked at Vespera and nodded decisively. This was the place.

"Great find, Ripple!" Vespera exclaimed. "I've never seen fish like this before..."

The crystal clear water gave her a great view of the unusual fish swimming and swirling around inside. With all their glowing scales and fins against the inky backdrop, Vespera felt like she was looking down into the night sky!

The Lunarcrescent Dartfish and Starlight Waverunner left lines of light behind them as they flickered from place to place, weaving a trail of starlight.

The Mystveil Guppy and Nebula Swirlray were covered in patterns of pulsing light, reminding Vespera of the Aurora dancing over the far-distant Celestial Peaks.

The gold patterns on the dark scales of the Eclipse Snapper shifted as Vespera watched, making it look like a tiny solar eclipse was playing out over and over again beneath the still waters of the Eerie Caves pool.

"Amazing. We'll need to remember this spot!" Vespera patted Ripple's shoulder fondly. "And we should tell the Adventurers about it, too!"

Five new fish are available via Fishing in the Eerie Caves.

Aurorite Ore Still Abounds!

It seems that the Aurorite Ore is still showing up in record numbers at the Eerie Caves and Celestial Pools. It truly must be due to the Winterlight Aurora!

Make sure to collect as much as you can whilst fishing and gathering at these locations, we aren't quite sure what there are for yet, Skylar and, Crumble, River and Hop are still looking to solve the mysteries of this sparkly ore.

New Settings: Compact Layout And Referral Preferences

Three additional settings are now available on your settings page!

The "Compact Site Layout" setting, when toggled, removes the top header image banner from Santae. This should improve the experience for mobile users and require less scrolling. Take note that right now, removing the header also removes the search bar. We are working on an alternative placement for the search bar in compact mode and it should be available soon!

The next two new settings determine the level of privacy you would like to keep related to your referrals:

"Show Me As Referrer On Other Profiles": If you toggle this off, users you have referred with NOT show your username on their profile.
"Show My Referrer On My Profile": If you toggle this off, your profile will not display the username of the person that referred you.

Your "Total Referrals" count will remain displayed on your page regardless of setting!

TL;DR

★ Five new fish are available in Fishing at the Eerie Caves
★ A new "Compact Site Layout" setting optionally removes the site header for easier mobile browsing.
★ Aurorite ore still is widespread across Santae, be sure to keep collecting it.
★ You can now use new settings to determine whether you will appear as a referrer on other profiles, or whether your referrer will show on your profile.